Statue Of Sir Peter Fairbairn is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 August 1976. Statue.
Statue Of Sir Peter Fairbairn
- WRENN ID
- buried-gargoyle-honey
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Leeds
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 August 1976
- Type
- Statue
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
LEEDS
SE2934SW WOODHOUSE SQUARE 714-1/73/452 (South side) 05/08/76 Statue of Sir Peter Fairbairn
II
Statue. 1868. By M Noble, sculptor. Tall granite pedestal with cornice and plinth, square plan. Inscription: SIR PETER FAIRBAIRN, KNT/ MAYOR OF LEEDS/ IN/ 1857 AND 1858/ THIS STATUE WAS ERECTED BY/ THE VOLUNTARY SUBSCRIPTIONS/ OF HIS FELLOW TOWNSMEN. On the statue base, left side: M.NOBLE SCULP/ LONDON 1868. Bronze life-size standing figure, scroll in right hand, left hand resting on a plinth with cog wheel and drapery with chain of office. HISTORICAL NOTE: Peter Fairbairn came to Leeds from Kelso and started his engineering business in 1826 at the Wellington Foundry. He worked closely with John Marshall at his flax mills and with Matthew Murray and James Kitson was one of Leeds' engineering magnates. He was a churchwarden in the 1830s, councillor 1836-42 and in the 1850s his distinctions culminated in a knighthood from Queen Victoria at the opening of the new Town Hall in 1858. He lived at Fairbairn House, Clarendon Road (qv).
Listing NGR: SE2930634023
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